Bottle-capping machine.



A. \GA'LLESON. BOTTLE GAPPING MAGHiNE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31', 1.908.

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Patntd Feb. 28, 1911.

A. CALLESON.

BOTTLE CAPPING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31, 1908.

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- .PatentedFeb. 28, 1911.

A. GALLESON, BOTTLE GAPPING MACHINE. APPLICATIONIILED Anelal, 1908 Patented Febj28, 1911.

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A. OALLESON. I BOTTLE GAPPING MACHINE.

1 APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 31, 1908.

985,141. Patented Feb. 28, 1911. 4 SHEETSTSHEBTKL.

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AMOS CALLESON, OFIBROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF T0 BENJAMIN ADRIANCE, 0E BROOKLYN, NEW' YORK.

, BOTTLE-CAPPING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

Application filed August 31, 1908. Serial No. 450,929.

and use the same, reference being had to the.

accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to means for ap plying caps to bottles,'jars and the like and it consists in certain improvements, whereby the caps are made to be secured in sealing relation to the container in substantially the following way: lhe cap, in superim posed position on the container, is first so acted upon that spaced portions of the edge part of its fiangeare firstloent downwardly, said edge part initially standing more or less in a laterally projecting relation whereby to be conveniently impinged by the bending means under a vertical thrust whereupon the remaining or interinediate spaced portions are bent downwardly, the result being the inward displacement of the portions .firstbent down and their consequently suming a locking engagement .with the shoulder on the container; An advantage of this manner of applying caps to bottles and the likev is that the edge part, made sinuous after the first bending-down operati on, possesses resilience and elasticity so that, although the movement of the bending tool is constant and, particularly in the case of plain uneorrugated flanges, might othegwise break the heads of the containers or fail to secure a proper locking engagement of the caps therewithwher'e the heads varied appreciably in diameter, the yield thus afforded compensates for such irregularities of diameter in the" container heads and makes a substantial sealing, without danger of.

breaking the heads, possible.

My invention consists, briefly stfi ted, in a cap-bending head, or sealing-head. having an open cap contracting cavity ozt less nor} mal diameter than the portion of the cap to be thereby operated upon when forced thereint0,' the cap-surrounding portion of said cavity having its internal diameter in substantially its lowest part approximately as little as any relatively higher internal diameter thereof and being'composed 0t cap-edge bending devices spaced from each other. A sealing-head, thus constructed, is adapted to perform what I hereinafter term the first operation. in the attaching of a cap with such effect on the cap that'the portions of the edge of the latter first bent down e., by the spaced devices) may each assume a position approximating a right angle with relation to their original position; although it should be understood that such a sealing head would not be incomplete for performing not only the first but the second operation, since by properly adapting the spaced devices to'the purpose they may be made to ride over the portions of the cap not first bent down (and standing between them after the first operation) upon in'iparting rotary movement either to the sealing-head or to the bottle and cap, as will hereinafter appear.

The invention willv be found fully illustrated in the accompanying drawii'1gs wherein,

Figure 1 is a side view-of a machine enihracing one type of a mechanism constructed in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view, on a larger scale, of the essential parts oi" the improved mechanism as comprised in Fig. 1; Figs. 3

and 4- are underneath views of what is shown in Fig. 2, the first showing the working parts of the mechanism expanded and the second showing them contracted and both omitting a certain sleeve 0; Figs. 5 and 6 show details of said mechanism; Fig- 7 one; Fig. 11 is a horizontal sectional view of what is shown in Fig. 10-taken in a plane coincident with that of its bending rolls; Fig. 12 1s a vertical sectional view of still another form of said mechanism;-Fig. 13 is9 an underneath view of the cap bendin g tool,

shown in Fig. 12; Figs. 14 and 15 are plari and side Views of the cap before, and Figs. 16 and L! similar views of the cap after, the

first bending operation; and, Figs. 18 and 19- are plan and side views of the cap in its finished form, Fig. 19 showing the bottle head I in 'dotted outline.

, stance, where such 'a closing means as the upward t a is a pedestal having a head 6 andbase' c .in which slides verticall a,shaft d whose weight acts through a lin e to vraise the free end'ofthe o eratingtrea'dle f; to cushion rust of this-shaft, a spring 9 is celled about it and-inter osed bet-ween .head b and 'a'collar h on'sha t d.

j a bottle support which may be revoluble, for fin- .t at

' i'qis a bracket on shaft (2 and shown in Figs. 9,

,k' is the bottle.

set-screw l secures bottom,

10 and 11 reuse -j.

asocket m, open at the in the head '1)- in'alinement with support j, said socket having athreadedflange set and w. the bending devices'of the other."

formed with the toes I each is-in the form of a-flat class having the curved-edge fulcrum porspring interposed Referring to-Figs. 5' and 6 it will-be seen that the bendin devices .are alike' except with'respect to t eircap-en aging ortions; ever 0 the first tion-as (*w adapted to fit the groove '0, its power end-portion w! (w") projecting lat jerally and its Working end a: ('w') projecting downwardly. The working or capengaging'end-portions of said levers are y and 2, that (y) of the levers w being slightly more prominent than that z) of the others. These bending devices are arranged in the slits existing be tween the ribs t in the manner shown in Fig. 2, their toes projecting inwardly; in their normal-positions they abut against the enlargement'p, as shown. I

plunger 1 is arranged to-slide vertically in the socket, its lower endortion having the annular groove2 and pro ectin into the sleeve; the groove receives the en -portions w" m" of the bending devices and has such width as to allow somevertical movement-of the plunger withoutits actuating the bending devices. The plunger no'rmally holds the bending devices in the position shown, being under the influence of a compressed between the plunger and t fitted into the top of an a justing screw the socket. The lower end of'the plunger is recessed, as shown, ,to receive a bottle cap A .shoulder Z en s'tant-ial alinement W1 bottle shoulder and and in order to hold the cap imposition until the latter is impinged by the bottle head, the plunger may be magnetized.

In the operation, a bottle J1 is placed on support find a cap A being introduced into said disk bein'g annularly compressed by the bottle mouth to form therewith the'seal and hence allowing some incidental downward displacement of the cap relatively to the bottle,

be forced past the toes g of levers w,- at this time both sets" of'levers w and a" are-\ield against outward movementby raisesthe cap, causing its flange B to against the enlargement p but,

latter has spaced portions B of the cap r edge-portion of, the cap in'a plane below the Continued upthe bottle.

ward'movement of the bottle and cap causes the cap to clearthe; toesg of levers 'wand, l

eventuallyithe portiono he plun er l be lowits gro'oveto impinge againstt 1e levers w and w and cause their lower orflacting ends toassum'e a contracted relation, so: that the toes apt lever I w now engage the portions B of the edgesportion ofthee-cap flange and, forcing them} downwardly into: su

of the ca tion bodi y tions B first bent down engage under the lock the cap in sealing. relation to the bottl' 3 are inactive because they have cleared the 'capand stand below the shoulder," although it will be understood that they might, according to the material being, operated upon,

be made to'partakesomewhat in the fina inv11C ward displacement portion of the'jflange. of the tr'eadle isrelea" above its groove, the above, so that their working ends now as- .sume the expanded relation, allowing, the

free withdrawal of the "capped bottle and ready for the next operation. 5

Referring, now, socket adapted-to in t bending tool 9 jammed between the shoulder and extension. 10 is aplun er fitting the too1 8 and having its-lower Ea'ceconc'ave to receive the cap A; this plunger has a flange; 11 movable therewith in the abutting as onlythe toes of the former engage the cap flange, the

thereof drawn 5 downwardly. The downward displacement atively-to 'the bottle, due to th the upper part- B" "'100 flange, turn the whole edge-per inwardly so that the spaced por At this time the toes 1'05 generally of the edge-. I When. the pressure ed, the downwardly moving plunger '1 engages, with its part levers w and a: from to Figs-7 and 8, 4-is e1 0 be secured ,iIi the machine Y he same manner as the socket m. Onto its threaded extension 5 is screwed a sleeve 6 having a conical. inouth'Taxman-internal shoulder 8, the" sleeve inclosing' angannular l2i enlarged pub 13 n tion 12 or the socket and adapted to abut '3 against the shoulder'13 in the socket and the tool to limit the movement of the plungel" vertically. A spring'l pcoiled about. the plunger and interposed between the flange normal position of the parts. the lower face of theplunger is preferably so high above the lower faces of the projections that a cap placed in the recess produced will impinge against the plunger at its top and against the projections at its flange edgeportion. When the treadle is depressed, the

cap being already placed in position against the plunger lt) (the plunger being magnetizcd to hold it there), the bottle mouth impinges against the cap and raises it and the plunger; the first effect; of this is to draw downwardly the spaced portions B of the edgeportion of the cap flange, .the roundedfedges of the projections 15 allow ing the latter to slip freely over the portions B. lhe interrnediate portions 15' are left substantially in their original positions during; this part of the o eratioh, but as the pressure; on the treade 18 continued, the

faces 16 of the tool (existing between its project-ions) impinge againstthe portions l-i of the cap. flange and draw them downwardly; the flange edge-portion of the cap being, by this operation now contracted or turned in bodily, the cap is substantially wholly'received within the tool, its portions 15 being looked under the shoulder on the bottle. When the pressure is now relieved, the plunger presses downwardly and causes its capped head to clear the tool.

Figs. 9, 10 and 11 show constructions in \VlliClii-ll operation of turning-the flange edge-portion into locking engagement with the shoulder on the bottle bv a ulyinsz pressure'against the portions 13' of the cap flange is effected by means operating transi'erscly oit'said portions B.

.lnl ig. 9 the head I) of the pedestal has a bore in which slides the hollow stem 17 of a socket 18, the latter-being penetrated by a mandrel 1.) limited. against vertical movement in socket 18 by a thrust collar 20 bearing against the upper end of the stem and by a shoulder 21 abutting against "an anti-friction bearing device 29 located in a cavity 23 of the socket. The lowerend of the mandrel is concave to receive the cap. ,Head Z) has a 1111625 secured to it By screws 26, and to the nut is secured, by

screws 27, a dome 28. The mandrel has its upp r end threaded. at 29, and working in the nut 25 and it carries a stop-collar 30. A spring pressed cup 3t. having a hardened bearing-piece 32 engaging the mandrel, is arranged in the dome and normally forces the mandrel down; when the mandrel is raised. its threaded connection with the nut will-cause it to rotate, as will be obvious. Screwed to the socket is a cap 33 acting to hold in place radial arc-shaped segments 34 arranged in corrcspondiugly shaped grooves formed radially in socket S and each carrying a roll as. The rolls form the bending tool in this instance, and they normally stand in contact with the lower end of the mandrel, as shown, being held in this position by pins 37' penetrating the socket and the head I) and ha vino heads 38 arranged in countersinks 39 in the latter, the pins bcing pressed downwardly by springs ll) 111- terposed between them and adjusting screws el-l tapped into head (1. "The diameter of the circle outlined by the inner or acting portions .of the rolls approximately equals that of the body of the can-A. so that when the cap is placed ih position, its flange will abut against the nmler faces of the rolls, being there held by the rolls, which may be magnetized. In closing; a bottle with this type of mechanism, the first part of the operation is substantially the. same as in the first two types, the mandrel"resisting at first the upward pressure thereon of the cap,

whose flange, through the rolls, tends to displace it upwardly; spaced portions ii of the cap flange are therefore drawn downwardly, leaving intermediate spaced portions substantially as they "were. At the end of the operation of drawing downwardly the portions B the bottle and cap exert a pressure on the mandrel which is attirst sufficiently yielding, owing to the re =ilience of the disk (I, to bring the edge-portionof the cap flange in a plane below the shoub der on the bottle. but ultimately positively displaces the mandrel upwardly, which then rotates and rotates with it the bottle and cap one effect of this rotation is to cause the rolls to ride overthe portions B,, and, by turning them down, displace the edge-portion of the cap flange bodily inward into locking engagement with the shoulder on the bottle. A further client may be to augment the locking action between the ca'p and bottle head, because the upward movement of the socket 'following that of the inindrel increases the degree of compression of springs 40, with the result that the rolls spin the flange edge-portion into more or less continuous contact with the bottle head.

'In Figs-l0 and 11 the rolls have no move rnent except on their own axes, and cap holding'fingers are provided. The mancontrolling mandrel19 and adapted to-ro-f tate the latter upon upwarddisplacement 49a collar fixed on the mandrel and coact- "is secured on the socket by the screws" the flange of the cap, retains in place rolls -53 journaled in the socket. in circular arthereof. The socket 42 has a lug 43 projecting into a vertical groove 44in the and preventing the socket from turn1ng.

45 is the mandi'ly eti' ashoulder thereonv between which. and a shoulder 47 in-the' socket a: arranged ball-bearings 48, ai1d ing with shoulder 47 to prevent its vertical 'movement relatively-to the socket. An internally flanged cap 50 whose flange arms a conical mouth 51 to rebeive the bottleitea d, .2;

rangement. 54 denote cap holding fingers arranged'in recesses 55in the socket, their l the mandrel, after which the lining disk 0 so 'socke t' yield unwardly, v 1 and thereby'rotatingthe bottle-[and cap and first part ofthe operation their lower intiirned ends being norby the rm of the mechanism is somewhat Figs. 9 and 10, the being the downward displacementaof the spaced portions B of the cap-fiabgeuntilfthe. can engages similar to that shown in first yields sufficiently to allow the cap edgeportionmio assume a lower plane than' the ottle slioulder Zand then the mandrel and the former rotating thus causing the rol s to turn down the portlons B? 'displace the whole edge-portion thereof 1.111-

til the cap is bottle head;- 1 .I in Fig. 12 means for assuming the upward thrust of the capis eliminated, the bending properly interlocked with the tool alone assuming,thisi'thrust through t the fulloperation; as the principal fu' l of a special means of this nature is to cause I can of. the socket, being the'cap operat on is, con1=plete,.

traction. The socket 58, aving a conical cavity 59 and an integral boss 60 therein, is secured in thehead b by "its stem 61 the bending tool 62 is a split annulus, likewise conical, exteriorly,and it is arranged in the held therein by the angc 3 of the sleeve 64 secured to the socket byscrews 65. The tool has spaced projections 66, similar to the projections of the tool in Figs. 7 and 8, and it is normally pressed against flange 63 by spring-pressed pins (37 guided vertically in boroi (38 in the as indicated in dotted outline ,orthe tool magnetized. When socket. Spring-pressed fingers "5) may be employed for holding the cap in position, in Fig. 12, the, bottle,

ithe cap, being in position .in the tool, is

1 "raised against the cap, 65

the projections of thetool first bend down so that 'by'the time the ameter than the g when forced thercinto,

projections spectively, .of therollers 36 and 53 in Figs. 9 and 10,

of the cap and thus inwardly to clear the tool -when thev closing I make the tool in this instance capable ofex ansionand conperfectly to a thoroughly effective locking of the cap 115 v to the bottle 'and altorded and the the portions B of the, edge thereof until the cap rises .sufii- .ciently so that the portions B engage thetool in thespaces between the projections, whereupbn said portions are likewise bent down and the edge part'of the cap bodily 70. turned-inwardly into interlocking engage- 'ment'wit'hthc shoulder on the bottle; meanwhile the disk C has ofcourse yielded sufli- "cien'tly so that the cap ,assumes the necessary tlepressedposition to allow the edge-part of the'cap to engage under the bottle shoulder. During these operations, the tools yieldqip- Wardly somewhat and in doin so contracts,

bott e is properly I closed the cap has been slightlyreduced in 8 diameter; when the pressureon the bottle now. relaxed, its mouth withdraws from the tool, which returns into engagement .with the flan 63,iexpandcd, and .allows the bottle hea to clear itunimpeded.

In all the forms herein described there is a cap-contracting cavity of less'normal dicap to be operated upon the cap-surrounding ,having in each in 9 ;stance its internal dia eter'in substantially itslowest part: (in the plane of the toes in-'Fig. 2, in the plane of the bases of the 15 and66 inlFigs. 7 and 12, reand in theplane of the-bottoms 9.

portion. of said cavity respectively) approximately as little as, if. not'less than, any higher internal diameter of the said ca 'i-surronnding portion of the cavity. I Thus a straight-down bending or '100 drawing action. may be. the ,result of the first operation, assuming that the cap, as herein shown, has its top. wall properly adapted in point of diameter to the cavity, which straight-'(l()wn bending or drawing action could not. be effected if thcre'were a relatively appreciable restriction of the capsurrounding-portion of the cavity above its lowest part. {And when spaced portions of the cap-edge aife ent or drawn substantially '110 straightdown in thejfirst operation ,(see B in Fig. 17), the edge of the cap is given I such a shape,-as will be obvious, as most conduces. on the second operation,

ready mentioned. It will be observed that in all the forms means is provided for affording from above a yielding pressure on the-rising bottle and cap (hiring the final part of the closing operation, at least. Thus, while the work is raised by the elevating means positively against the'bcndingtool, the prpper com? pensation for varying heights of bottles is Work is kept well under the control of the operator until the closing operationis completed and the head of the bottle free of the bending tool, v

Claims for the method whichiniaybeper '"130" to other advantages alformed by the use of any: of the severalmechanisms herein set forth have been embodied in an application for Letters Patent of the United States bearing the Serial Number 399,525. v [Having thus fully described my inven-; tion, what I claim andv desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. :A sea1 ing-head for bottle closing machines having an open cap-contracting cavity of less normal diameter than-the portion of the ca-pto bethereby operated upon, the cap-surrounding portionof said cavity havlowest art approximately as little as any relativelyhigherkdiameter thereof and com rising cap-edge bending devices spaced tom each other, substantially-as described. ZJA sealing-head fo'r bottle closing-maof less normal diameter than the, portion it o the cap to be therebyoperatednponftliie Imp-surrounding portionof said cavity be- 'ing; internally substantially cylindrical and comprising cap edge-bendin .devices spacedyfrom-wea'ch otherfsubstantia y-.;as flqe'scribed.

' sealing'head for bottle .c QSiBg mafcl ines ving'an open crm-ooiitfacs-tin f avstanti'ally cylindric and compnsing'caprjedgebendn g devic fifipfloedsu i g p 1 tion being-internalb su stantially'contmuous above said but 'ng'odcyicjes and having l 3 from each, other,

ing" its internal diameter in substantially its chines having anopencap-contracting cav-' downward projections, anda thrust member bearin against the first member laterally t-hereo one of said members being movable in the direction of the length of the bottle and one of said members having the face thereof which is engaged by the other oblique,- substantially as described. I

I 6.111 a sealinghead for a bottle closing machine or the like, the combination of a an'done ofsaid members having the surface ,thereofengaged by the other conical, substantially asdescribed. I

In'testimony, that I claim the-iore oin I have hereunto set my handt-hi's 28 of Augfist, 1908.

. AMOS CALLESON, Witnesses: I JO N W. STEWARD -J Ammo Boone.

bottle-closing contractible annular member having spaced contractible annular member havingspaced f downwardprojections, and a thrust mom- J-beLhaVingfl'embracing contact with the first J member, one of said members being movable in the direction of the length of thebo'ttle 

